Businessman OLIVER DELCHAMPS SR., 87, who was vice...

November 3, 1987

MOBILE, ALA. — Businessman OLIVER DELCHAMPS SR., 87, who was vice president of the food market company that bears his name, died Saturday. Delchamps and his late brother Alfred founded the Delchamps chain in 1921. There are now 98 food stores in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana with more than 6,500 employees.